Diary, May/Jun 1666

rs. Michell's son; which I did about the Old Swan, but did
not think fit to go thither or see them. Thence by water to Redriffe,
reading a new French book my Lord Bruncker did give me to-day,
"L'Histoire Amoureuse des Gaules,"

[This book, which has frequently been reprinted, was written by
Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy, for the amusement of his mistress,
Madame de Montglas, and consists of sketches of the chief ladies of
the court, in which he libelled friends and foes alike. These
circulated in manuscript, and were printed at Liege in 1665. Louis
XIV. was so much annoyed with the book that he sent the author to
the Bastille for over a year.]

being a pretty libel against the amours of the Court of France. I walked
up and down Deptford yarde, where I had not been since I come from living
at Greenwich, which is some months. There I met with Mr. Castle, and was
forced against my will to have his company back with me. So we walked
and drank at Halfway house and so